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North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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North Down
Former County constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1929
Abolished1972
Election methodFirst past the post

North Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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Boundaries

North Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. North Down was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged until 1969, when it gained part of Mid Down, but the eastern half of the seat was split away to form Bangor. It returned one Member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The original seat was centred on the town of Bangor and urban district of Holywood, and it also included parts of the rural districts of Castlereagh and Newtownards.[1]

Politics

The seat had a substantial unionist majority and was always won by unionist candidates, all but one representing the Ulster Unionist Party. It was sometimes contested by Northern Ireland Labour Party, Ulster Liberal Party and independent Unionist candidates, with only the independent Unionist receiving more than one third of the votes cast.[2]

Members of Parliament

Elected Party Name[2]
1929 Ulster Unionist James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
1941 Ind. Unionist Thomas Bailie
1945 Ulster Unionist
1953 Ulster Unionist Robert Samuel Nixon
1969 Ulster Unionist Robert Babington

Election results

At the 1929, 1933 and 1938 Northern Ireland general elections, James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon was elected unopposed.[2]

North Down by-election, 1941[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist Thomas Bailie 6,268 55.0 New
Ulster Unionist R. Workman 5,137 45.0 N/A
Majority 1,131 10.0 N/A
Turnout 11,405 58.4 N/A
Ind. Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist Swing N/A

At the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, Thomas Bailie was elected unopposed.[2]

General Election 1949: North Down[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bailie 13,626 87.4 N/A
NI Labour Sam Napier 1,956 12.6 New
Majority 11,670 74.8 N/A
Turnout 15,582 69.4 N/A
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1953: North Down[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Robert Samuel Nixon 7,868 53.7 -33.7
Ind. Unionist Thomas Bailie 6,771 46.3 New
Majority 1,097 7.4 -67.4
Turnout 14,639 59.1 -10.3
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

At the 1958 Northern Ireland general election, Robert Samuel Nixon was elected unopposed.[2]

General Election 1962: North Down[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Robert Samuel Nixon 11,067 68.7 N/A
Ulster Liberal Arthur Burns 5,044 31.3 New
Majority 6,023 37.4 N/A
Turnout 16,111 58.0 N/A
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1965: North Down[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Robert Samuel Nixon 10,307 77.1 +8.4
NI Labour J. C. Marks 3,066 22.9 New
Majority 7,241 54.2 +16.8
Turnout 13,373 46.0 -12.0
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1969: North Down[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Robert Babington 9,013 85.2 +8.1
Ulster Liberal Sheelagh Murnaghan 1,567 14.8 New
Majority 7,446 70.4 +16.2
Turnout 10,580 57.5 +11.5
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

References

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